FG Offers ASUU N30b

The Federal government (FG) offered N30 billion as earned allowances to the striking university lecturers under Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in a bid to end the strike that has lasted for more than a  month now, which has resulted to stopping academic activities in some universities nationwide.

As seen on the news that a top official from the Federal Ministry of Education told THISDAY Thursday, that due to the dwindling revenue base of the government, it was ready to offer N30 billion out of 87 billion to the striking lecturers (Recall that Finance Minister claimed ASUU demanded for N92bn).

Government's offer is believed to be a sincere approach in ending the strike in the midst of dwindling revenue profile occasioned by oil theft and macro-economic measures aimed at diversifying the economy.

According to source, the N30 billion, which the federal government was offering, was in the conviction that considering the nation's current revenue base, ASUU should make some sacrifices and go back to work in the interest of the students and the country at large.

He disclosed that the government was desirous of a holistic and sustainable solution to the problems be-deviling the entire education sector, adding that the focus is on infrastructure development, which the federal government had set up the Governor Gabriel Suswam-led University Needs Implementation Committee to handle.

The NEEDS Implementation Committee had announced on Tuesday, that N100 billion would be made available to universities for infrastructure development.







Source: This Day